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Need to make Excel 'isnumber search' formula case sensitive
I have a conditional formatting formula that changes a cell color in Column H based on if the cell in Column F contains "NO":
Format of Column F data:
AA–DD MMM YY–YES or AA–DD MMM YY–NO
Examples of Column F data:
MC–13 Oct 17–YES
MC–14 Oct 17–YES
MC–31 Oct 17–NO
Conditional Format formula:
This formula has been working fine until we hit November, whereby the month also contains "No" so the formula is no longer working properly:
MC–01 Nov 17–YES
MC–01 Nov 17–NO
I need to revise the conditional format formula so it is case sensitive, so it only detects 'NO' in all capital letters:
I have attached a sample spreadsheet.
Thanks!
Andrea
CaseSensitive_Search_IsNumber_EE.xlsm
Format of Column F data:
AA–DD MMM YY–YES or AA–DD MMM YY–NO
Examples of Column F data:
MC–13 Oct 17–YES
MC–14 Oct 17–YES
MC–31 Oct 17–NO
Conditional Format formula:
=ISNUMBER(SEARCH("*NO*",$F2))
This formula has been working fine until we hit November, whereby the month also contains "No" so the formula is no longer working properly:
MC–01 Nov 17–YES
MC–01 Nov 17–NO
I need to revise the conditional format formula so it is case sensitive, so it only detects 'NO' in all capital letters:
=ISNUMBER(SEARCH("*NO*",$F2)) 'this formula needs to be case sensitive, detecting only 'NO' and not 'No'
I have attached a sample spreadsheet.
Thanks!
Andrea
CaseSensitive_Search_IsNumber_EE.xlsm
Microsoft Office
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Professor J
for case sensitive replace the SEARCH function with FIND function
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Thanks to you both for responding so quickly with solutions! While Rob's solution worked for this specific instance, I also appreciated the versatility of Jim's formula in case the format in Column F changes so that 'NO' and 'YES' are no longer at the end of the string (a very likely scenario in the near future, actually), so thought it best to share the points. Hope that works for everyone! :-)
Best regards,
Andrea
Best regards,
Andrea
Glad to be of help.
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James Murphy
You're welcome